UNT 2 o'clock steel band - Pan in A Minor

[oldschooldrumcorps]

Man, what doesn't UNT play? this has to be the best music school in america. Being from New York City, I thought i was all about Juliard, Mannes, and other schools like that...Steel Pan? awesome!

[Christkeys09]

love it. we did this arrangement a little bit faster but overall good balance especially in the busy parts of j k and L. good. yeah i agree here moving around ore. when we went to panorama that was one of our best things and it helps convey the spirit of the music. Love seeing a group love pans xD

[socadeejay]

Its great that your trying to play difficult arrangements but I dont get why USA steel bands (generally the uni/college/high school bands) have an obsession with this arrangement of pan in a minor?? I have an obsession with it, but the version put down by Jit Samaroo for Renegades. This arrangement is world class (possibly the best ever) but i feel you guys would get more out of the steel band if you played your own arrangements of songs, not ones bought from panyard inc.

[MrRobertstuff]

That is great! I have a middle school steel band that will love seeing this video! It will be inspirational.

[EspinozaCIndy]

you guys rock the music and keep it up

[taholloway12]

it's kinda slow. i played this with my steel band as a sophomore in high school and we played it a good bit faster.

[8Zeitgeist]

wtf i see a reg drum set in the middle

doesnt look like its 100% steel

what should i do now

[superdrummerboi94]

wtf??!! not enough trini spirit listen to 4:17 you hear that scream??......>>trini spirit<< i should know im from Trinidad and look at the player on the bottom center of the screen...see if thats not trini spirit then i dont know what is btw jod job :) keep it up

[mooglelove]

I dont hear enough Cowbell. :(

[socatntopp]

just saying the song sounds too formal...they need to have more fun for it to sound good...

[GreenDiesal]

wow your looking at a very expensive orchestra cool though

[das2761]

Sweeeeet Pan! Nicely tuned pans, awesome job!! Thanks for posting.

[wildberry33142]

this is nice



[no1panist]

I love it, even though its on the laid back side a bit, I think Jit Samaroo would be pleased with this adaptation of his Masterpiece Pan in A Minor, GREAT JOB guys!

[floatdude]

Cool version of Pan in A Minor

[kimlongvo]

But what about the part that goes to Ab minor with 7 flats? That part and the couple sections before were my favorite to play.

[muziksteel]

The souns just like the Jit Samaroo's arrangement of Pan in A Minor played by Renegades Steel Orchestra

[fisheloph]

ok. i think i'll go here. haha. I have been looking for a school with a steel drum band for a while. but this is north texas, and is rather hard to get in to....

[ajmusiq83]

go to Univ of NC at greensboro or App state

[UniQueLyEviL]

This is pretty incredible. Is there a better copy? With better sound quality?

[bernsieboy]

beautiful rendition! I love the vibe..

[kurryseymour]

Love the tempo.....very chill vibe. I have heard played too fast and poorly too many times. Props unt!!!

[FallenAngel1015]

wow you guys did really well! isn't it a little slower than it should be though? not criticizing or anything just curious.. it seems like my band played it alot faster.

[punkchola92]

Omg I can't wait til I do steel drums at unt :)

Playing my lead is like amazing!!!

[malformatis]

omg I hate steelband so much

at WKU our percussion head really doesn't care about much else

he has nothing to do with the drumline nor does he care about much other than solo sections in steel band pieces

ugh

triple guitar woot woot strum section

mambo mindoro and el montuno are my favorite steel band arrangements

[almosthere31]

fuck you bitch

dont watch the damn video if you dont like it

we all hate you right now

[malformatis]

bahaha I actually didn't watch the whole video, idk how it came up when I was watching an a minor marimba etude

and yeah, I hate steel band, it's not my thing, but I can probably play a lot better than you, and that's the funny part

[AmericanDroid]

look just because you dont like it dosent mean you play it better it is diffcult

[malformatis]

no no no you're missing the point, I play triple guitar I have been in my universities ensemble, and what our percussion makes it out to be pisses me off because we should spend more time playing percussive literature than spending most the semester working steel band, we don't separate the two wouldn't that bother you?

[xaflona]

what song is this and dose any 1 no songs with steel drums

[RogueSpear55]

to answer your first question...read the description...for your second...google. Or ask kikismurf2000 from the comments below he's from Trinidad where the Steel Pans (not drums) were invented.

[rct3freak9]

this pan in A minor. i think my steel bands is faster, but this is still pretty good.

[LIGHTRONIX]

steel drums sound 10x better live

[RogueSpear55]

yeah, you have to have some awesome audio equipment to really capture it well and even then its better live. Goombay festivals in the US and Panorama in Trinidad are the best. I played pan around the neck in a Goombay festival here in Florida...we had some awesome college groups Georgia being the best...next to Bob Marley's band hehe.

[ChaiTea100]

contagious energy, love it.

[ocacantapila]

Spettacolare, specialmente l'attacco!!

[149780]

have you guys checked out NIU's version arranged by Liam Teague?

[kikismurf2000]

Hey. i was looking for lord kitchener's - pan in a minor doing a project in school- was happy to see our instrument represented in this way. I'm extemely proud that pan was invented in my home -Trinidad. You guys need to see Panorama live though - our yearly pan competitions that happens around Carnivaal time. I'm a proud Trini!!!!!

[jpritch2]

I saw this group in denton , tx.... awesome!

Apparently they have enough members to split into smaller groups... must be nice to have that many on a part.. and give some a break every now and then.

they rock!

jpritch

[Systemkid07]

Nice

im from indio and in a steel Band too. Its a band of only high school students. Our band is small though, imagine the two front rows, thats almost like our whole band.

Were gonna try to take on this piece too.

[actionjackson06de]

Yes. You ARE the steel drum god and all shall bow to you, steelpan12... so what if you think the piece is easy. Some of the best music out there might be considered "easy", and there are a lot of really difficult pieces that are boring. And so what if it's slow. Did you ever think that maybe they CHOSE to play it at that tempo? I think it groves really well at that speed.

They're not trying to prove anything here. Just play good music. Take it or leave it.

[lordkantelope]

i completely agree with you. plus that run starting about 4:02 is EXTREMELY HARD to get when it goes real fast. its all over the drums.

[BeatProfessor]

Preach on good brotha. "Easy" does not equal bad and "Difficult" does not equal good. As George Clinton once said, "One nation under groove"

[lordkantelope]

my high school steel band is learning this song. ha. we play it a little faster. i play double seconds(second row players) awesome song. keep it up.

[Dustinwheeeee]

also, your second line players are ridiculously quick.

[Dustinwheeeee]

it may just be the lighting but it looks like the two triple sets to the right of the drum kit have skirts several feet long. Are they tenorbass (minus a pan?) or are they triple guitar/cello (with extra skirt length)? I've not seen a pan like that before.

[mr0r3o]

its a triple cello

[Dustinwheeeee]

in the miami steel band all the triple cello parts are played by triple guitar. I guess that if an instrument is gonna be classified triple CELLO, it has to have longer skirts?

[akajezebel]

Nice performance but a little too slow. Is the whole performance somewhere? I'd like to see what they did with the visuals towards the end. (I was in the first UNT Steel Drum Ensemble to play this piece back in 1996 under the direction of the late Jon Kellis.) Do you know if they've made anymore CDs? I'd love to get a copy.

[jmw0087]

Yea, the 2:00 put out another CD called "Special Brew" not too long ago. You might be able to get a copy through the percussion department.

[mr0r3o]

steelpan

invented in trindad

[Dustinwheeeee]

although the invention of the instrument group commonly referred to as "Steel pan" can be attributed to many different individuals, Ellie Manette is most often credited with creating the "standard" layout of most modern steel pan instruments. This should give you a pretty good springboard to research more on your own, if you so desire. I love pan...a lot.

[Fujimoto420]

Great performance. 5*

[inmytime007]

CLASS OF 04......

[ShinoBakudan]

really nice song. my steel pan band is in the middle of learning this ^^, it will be awesome to perform it later on!

[bonzo341]

100 reasons to like this recording. (Wish it was all there.) Great playing from them UNT folk.

But I gotta agree with some of the cats below: a big "lol" @ the visuals. It ain't marching band.

[lastcrazyhorn]

totally insane

[9054518584]

big up steel pan all yuh need to go dwon to Trinidad all yuh gwan see nuff ting bout steel pan at canival

[speedstackers]

nice.....luv the routine and music awesome!!

[jbird0323]

I am an mechanical enginnering alumni of UNT and now I have continued my studies at the University of Connecticut. I miss the performances of the UNT music program. There is no comparison between the UCONN and UNT music programs. UNT will always rock!!!!

[happyhome123888]

I absolutely cannot get enough of this performance! Please post more UNT steel pan performances.  How can I find out more about this talented group of college kids?

[electronicsteelpan]

nice playing good video work

[Flyborg]

They look like they're cooking stir fry :p

[SteelDrumMusic]

Excellent rendition of a great song.

I can't hardly believe this is in Texas!

The world is certainly changing...

[actionjackson06de]

Yes, Steeldrummusic, not EVERYONE in Texas owns a ranch and goes on cattle drives every weekend...

[tubbz]

Yea, i agree with Steelpan12, there was no trini sprit, and personally, i think it was too slow.

[socpupett]

well... the rest of the song, which i was unable to get because my camera ran out of space, they moved a lot more. They probably could loosen up a bit more, maybe they've had too many years of marching band ;) .I do assure you that everyone in this ensemble enjoys being in that group and has a good time.

[bigbrass04]

ok i'm this video i tried to get them to loosen up but ... i was given the we are white card .... shame though cause we played the mess outta this very well

[MaxisLord]

@socpupett congretiolations we here in Europe I have enjoy you video, fantastic music, beautifill wich here in Belgium was music as that but we havent...thnx so much for u very nice movie...take care ..

[ADAAFifa]

I heard this in Shoemaker high school. but they now play "Woman is Boss"

[mopresto15o]

we heard a middle school playing this.... but still omg great!!!!!!!!!

[sacsarinai]

I guess we kinda spoiled, being from the land of the steelpan, we so accustommed to this that we take it for granted- they did pretty well. The responses clearly show who is from outside an who from home- to some people iz "WOW" "AMAZING" ! To those folks, i say thanks for the appreciation of our culture and genius (yes, everything you see there is Trinidadian creation- down to the movements they tryin to imitate when they dance) but if you want to see real pan, come to Trinidad!

[mikeandtracy86]

Wow. Um. Pan in A Minor is no joke.... Wow... That looks like so much fun. The hardest song I play on pan was my freshman year and it was Colemans Jam. It was something serious..... But that was outstanding

[RythmTrail]

great job just get the melody line to be a bit louder good job

[YoitBeTylenol]

my steel drum band plays this too....good job!

[sftyou]

I agree with Steelpan12 ... the real Trini spirit was missing. But even so, the performance was compelling. Different strokes, as they say. So don't lose heart. There is a special excitement about the great bands going at it at a breakneck Panorama tempo ... it's a special aesthetic that goes with the adrenaline of competition, and the "Spirit of Carnival" as we say in T&T. You have to experience it to really get it, I think.

[DieterWulf]

WOW!! Sound quality is kinda crappy and doesnt do the tune or the people playing it justice! Other than that AMAZING!!

[Steelpan12]

too slow and it had no dynamics. and the movements omg that was so boring, because when playing a steel pan you have to enjoy the music before anyone else enjoy it. the only movements you are seeing is when they are doing it together, other than that it is just looking at children playing their instrument. well I guess I see things different after playing for 10 years now and also from the caribbean, so I guess it is far different.

[RandomTask3000]

Dude. There was all sorts of movement. They were switching pans, and jumping and all that. If you look closely, they are all quite into the rhythm. Beyond that, no dynamics are going to show up in a venue as acoustically crappy as that one. Its' also quite a difficult song, I personally preferred it at the slower tempo.

[Steelpan12]

That is why I am saying again that it is because I have been playing for 10 years now, and that is not a difficult tune, things like war 2004, toco band with the original arrangment, and flight of the bumble bee would be killing too. I played all those that i mentioned and also pan in a minor was one of the easiest.

[bigbrass04]

ok so do u want a pat on the back and a golden star ... just enjoy it.

[Steelpan12]

even in the acoustically crappy place you should able to hear the dynamics, because the rest of pan would be quiet, and also some people like the glue to there spot. lol. if them move them gone lose the song. lol.

[SherylTML]

SOOOOOOOOO GOOD

[heatherhousewife]

Yeah! That is fun.

[CandyXSwirl]

Go cuzzeh

!

[CandyXSwirl]

tht was soo friken good its not even funny like..

[CandyXSwirl]

cool SOO COOOLL

[SwissArmyTriplet]

man mark ford is just so good on that anvil

[srt0070]

I loved this show. It's too bad you didn't get a front view so you can see all the choreography better. Some of those guys were hilarious. I saw them play so many times this Spring because I thought it was awesome!

[aprofoundsadness]

I literally walked into a concert of them in the commons tonight. It was inspiring. I'd never heard a steel drum band before.

[soca76]

nice job. pan! sweet pan!

[wolfka96]

Exceptional Playing!!!!!

[coolmerc3]

Too cool!!!

[NewVisibility]

Very good rendition of a classic!

[verloc]

Shouldn't have played it quicker at all. Just fine as it is, although I of course miss Kitch's singing ;)

[lkl8]

This is fantastic!

[xsnugglebunnix]

where are u guys?..u look asian so im guessing china...or somewhere lk that...and yea its supposed to go a bit faster....sounds good though..

[SwissArmyTriplet]

lol...it says "university of north texas"

[xsnugglebunnix]

yea i didnt see that lol...

[steeltempo]

nice tune , sounds pretty good.who made you dance like that though?lol.should be played a bit quicker though.

[padraicohare]

Really cool! Good job!